What/Where in the World?
What in the world is going on here? I figured it was time for a facelift – a virtual facelift that it is. The cosmetic type is too costly and frankly a little scary. I’m afraid I may look like Joan Rivers. I’m sorry, but it’s true!
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| Photo Courtesy of CBS News |
Not that Joan is scary, but the cosmetic surgery process and outcome. You just don’t know what you’re going to look like after you come through it.
Aging gracefully will have to come naturally on my terms. Meanwhile, my blog is getting a new look! I’ve contemplated doing a complete do over with another blog. In fact, I took my blogger pal, Les from Time Out For Mom, suggestion to simply set up a test blog to tinker with until I found something I like.
Scraping this blog and starting from scratch sounded like a painful process, as I thought on it. You know, getting my current followers to migrate to my new blog and importing my original blog contents into a new blog would take a lot of work. Instead, I just decided to revamp THIS blog. In short, this equals far less work and headache.
Whew doggies, I will say this much a blog facelift is easier done than the facial kind. I’m not done yet, but I’ll get there. Who knows, maybe I’ll be like Joan Rivers and decide another change is order if I’m not happy with this facelift.
What in the world have you been up to? Besides pulling my hair out from graduation and college preparation, I have worked my backside off, literally. I’ve pushed myself to get those jiggly places not so jiggly anymore. I’ve ridden my stationary bike for a minimum of an 90-minutes most days in which time I can log 20 miles. Yesterday, I stepped my game up and pedaled 40 miles. Whew, all I can say is shaping my blog up is much easier work than it is to do the ole body!
Why torment myself, you ask. Other than appearance, (I’m not a vain person, but I do take pride in the way I look) my number one fear is Type II Diabetes. This runs throughout my family. My grandparents have it, my mother has it, and most of her siblings have it. The real kicker here is none of them are what I would consider obese people but obviously enough overweight to cause the Type II gene to go bonkers. Now, they’re stricken with this disease for the rest of their lives. I don’t want any part of that world!
Where in the world are you today – physically and emotionally? I count my lucky stars and thank the good Lord above for blessing with excellent health. We have only one body. It’s up to us to make the most of it. The Bible tells us our body is the temple of the Lord, and yet many people abuse the temple. I can’t point a finger at anyone without pointing four back at myself. I’m guilty of abusing my body, too.
What folks often time fail to see is that emotional well-being is an intricate part of having physical wellness. Bad habits such as over-eating, smoking, alcohol or drug dependency are by-products of stress, guilt, low self-esteem, anger, depression, etc in our lives. Recognizing, managing, or eliminating emotional turmoil is the key to your success for a healthy, youthful, and beautiful you.
Where in the world would you like to be? With this wacky school year winding down, my mind keeps wondering to a little vacation or staycation time or anything that has to do with relaxation is marvelous!
Going through our waist deep mound of photos for the slide show presentation stirred the yearning to return to Maine. What a beautiful place that is, especially along the coast line! Those mysterious, romantic lighthouse along the rocky shore captive my imagination. It would be awesome to spend a night in one, don’t you think? Take a look for yourself…
** All vacation photos featured shot by my DH in 2004. Kindly, do not remove photos without permission.**
Link up with Miss Jenny for more ‘W’ post and follow me over to Miss Amanda’s for T2Q.
My Thursday 2 Questions are:
1. What do you think of my blog face lift? Be honest now, you won’t hurt my feelings, much. lol Nah, I have thick skin, so go ahead!
2. Where in the world would you like to take a vacation and why?
If you like to dance or just like to listen to music, then come back for Monday’s Music Moves Me. Next week’s theme is a freebie pick meaning it’s your call on what music you want to share. I hope to see you aboard the Love Train!
10 Comments
Jenny
Cathy! I love your blog lift! The background is wonderful!
Now, as for my feelings toward BLOGGER at the moment…not quite so much affection!
I’m industriously falling my naturopath and acupuncturists schedule for me and hoping to be back to walking several miles a day soon!
I admire your determination!
Thanks for linking up!
A+
bluegrassnotes
Like your w’s. Haven’t seen your blog before so I don’t know how the face lift changed it but it looks nice. I’d go the French immersion school at Villefrance sur Mer to fulfill my ambition of turning lots of years of French grammar into fluent speaking and while there I’d enjoy the fabulous art that’s in and around Nice.
KDL
1) I think your blog is now very pink. I do not know what it looked like before as this is my first visit.
2) We were just talking about how I should go see my Grandpa soon. He is 90-something now and I haven’t seen him for 7 years. Really should soon. He lives in Missouri, so I guess that’s the trip of choice at the moment.
Here’s to aging gracefully! I am impressed with your exercise regimen. Someday…
Andy David
Hello.
I’m sorry, but Joan Rivers would scare even Michael Jackson…I’m surprised she’s even got any face left to nip-tuck! (lol). I’m scared of needles & love myself too much to change anything.
I don’t remember what your blog looked like before, but I like your pink (it’s one of my favorite colors). My favorite destination is the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean, but I’d also like to visit the UK. Good luck with your health. Thanks for sharing.
Woman
Splendid Little Stars
scary!
SquirrelQueen
Joan’s look is even more dramatic when looking at the before. Even she makes jokes about all the surgeries.
1) I really like it. The background colors are pretty and soft, they don’t detract from the posts. Some I have see are so overpowering that the posts seem secondary.
2) A practical choice for a vacation is Cabo. We’ve been there a few time but I would love to go back. My dream vacation is Scotland to see where my ancestors lived.
Self Sagacity
BTW- I like all the pink here, it’s warm and girly.
Self Sagacity
I fell off my self motivation when the tax season kicked in. I grew a stomach that looks like I am pregnant. Now I am more than determined to be skinny again, if I don’t, I will need a new wardrobe. I don’t like shopping, so I chose to exercise.
I can’t believe what Joan Rivers did to her face! I saw her recently, picture on the right, but thought she did her face that way for the show…OMG, it’s real?
I will be joining MMMMM this Monday on BB 🙂
whirlygirl84770
Hi Cathy,
Here are my responses:
#1 I love your blog, facelift or not it is lovely. Great questions too
#2 hmmm tough question, my desired destination depends on my mood for the day :0). Today I am feeling Venice – have a dear friend that lives there and I would love to see him, its been a while :0)
Great questions I look forward to seeing next weeks questions
RoryBore
Oh, I LOVE it!! It looks really good.
and you know, I have been taking your advice too! When I read about you riding the bike for over an hour every day — I says to myself, Self – you need to get moving! And I did. 8 days in a row now of Wii fit and some other aerobic activity.
Bloggyland is so inspiring!
As for #2, I would actually really love to go to Maine too. (but if you had of asked a couple of months ago, it would have been sun, surf and sand.)